NDI® Brings The World To Hubcast Media’s Back Yard
NDI brings the world to Hubcast Media’s back yard
August 17, 2017 by Chuck Baker
On August 21, millions of viewers are expected to watch the rare total solar eclipse. To experience the solar eclipse in real time as it moves coast to coast, The Weather Channel, weather.com and Twitter have teamed up to live stream the epic event. Kicking off at noon ET, “Chasing Eclipse 2017” will immerse viewers in totalities from 10 locations along the eclipse path - from the ground and from space - and join in on the fun celebrations taking place across the country.
The unique production challenges of bringing this unprecedented live online event are being met largely through the power of NewTek’s NDI® standard for video production over IP.
“We will have live correspondents in several locations across the eclipse path as well as feeds from NASA and telescope companies. Their video signals will be converted to NDI at our home base in Atlanta where they can all be shared bi-directionally everywhere on our network,” said Jim Robinson, supervising producer, manager of Digital Studios for The Weather Company, an IBM Business. “NDI’s capability and flexibility helped us creatively conceptualize and execute on an event like this. Without it, it would be very complicated and exorbitantly expensive. With NDI, we get production value that surpasses our high level of standards.”
More about NDI and the eclipse can be read here at Studio Daily.
“Chasing Eclipse 2017” Live Stream
Hosted in-studio by meteorologists Ari Sarsalari and Domenica Davis, “Chasing Eclipse 2017” will feature:
Keys to the production include the following NewTek products:
Full NewTek IP Series system to drive the shows
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